• Dr.Nettem Venkatanarayana
• Prof. K.Thulasi Naik

Agriculture is a major source of income for rural people in India. The living conditions of rural people are predominantly affected by the performance of the agriculture and its changes. Indian farming is not profitable. With the advent of Horticulture equipped with modern technology and innovative practices Indian agriculture has been revitalized and the sector is reinitiated in profitable path. Horticulture is enriching its glory day by day with modern technology. The district of Ananthapuramu of Andhra Pradesh is one of the leading contributors in the area of cultivation and production of Horticulture in Andhra Pradesh. Horticulture influences the socio economic conditions of the rural people and it influenced by them particularly educational standards of the farmers of horticulture who practice it. Education raises agricultural productivity, Improvement in farmer’s skills, enhancement of farmer’s ability to obtain, understand and utilize, new input, and improvement in overall managerial ability. But the educational Senario of study area is not favourable to the horticulture development as lower rate of literacy in horticulture farmers. It is only 52.46%. Hence, there is need to strengthen the educational standards as it is key factor for overall development of study area.

Horticulture, Education, Agriculture, farmers, production, productivity.

"A Study on Educational Profile of Horticulture Farmers of Ananthapuramu District of Andhrapradesh", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no.338-345, January-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901545.pdf

"A Study on Educational Profile of Horticulture Farmers of Ananthapuramu District of Andhrapradesh", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no. pp338-345, January-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901545.pdf